# lenticular
## English
### Etymology

Inherited from Middle English lenticular, lenticuler, borrowed from Medieval Latin lenticulāris (“lentil-shaped”), ultimately from Latin lēns (“lentil”).

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /lɛnˈtɪk.jʊ.lə/
* (US) IPA: /lɛnˈtɪk.jə.lɚ/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪkjʊlə(ɹ)

### Adjective

lenticular (comparative more lenticular, superlative most lenticular)
* Of or pertaining to a lens.
* Shaped like a biconvex lens.
    Synonym: lentiform
** 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 5:The sporophyte foot is also characteristic: it is very broad and more or less lenticular or disciform, as broad or broader than the calyptra stalk […]
** 2023 May 3, Philip Haigh, “The art and science of building bridges”, in RAIL, number 982, page 41:The [Royal Albert] bridge itself has approach viaducts on each side, before two 455ft lenticular trusses span the main part of the river, which is 80ft below.
* Relating to a lenticular image.
    lenticular photography
** 2015, Kim Timby, 3D and Animated Lenticular Photography: Between Utopia and Entertainment, Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 248:But establishment on the fringes of everyday practice doesn't mean lenticular photography is a failure. On the contrary, the process manifests resounding cultural success through its longevity.
* (botany) Covered in lenticels.

#### Derived terms

* bilenticular
* capsulolenticular
* circumlenticular
* corneolenticular
* extralenticular
* hepatolenticular
* iridolenticular
* lenticular bracket
* lenticular cloud
* lenticular galaxy
* lenticular image
* lenticularly
* lenticular nucleus
* lenticular printing
* nonlenticular
* perilenticular
* retrolenticular
* semilenticular
* sublenticular
* thalamolenticular

#### Related terms

* lens
* lensoidal
* lenticel

#### Translations
### Noun

lenticular (plural lenticulars)
* Ellipsis of lenticular image.
* Ellipsis of lenticular galaxy.

#### Translations
## Portuguese
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin lenticulāris.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /lẽ.t͡ʃi.kuˈlaʁ/ [lẽ.t͡ʃi.kuˈlah]
* (Brazil) IPA: /lẽ.t͡ʃi.kuˈlaʁ/ [lẽ.t͡ʃi.kuˈlah]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /lẽ.t͡ʃi.kuˈlaɾ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /lẽ.t͡ʃi.kuˈlaʁ/ [lẽ.t͡ʃi.kuˈlaχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /lẽ.t͡ʃi.kuˈlaɻ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /lẽ.ti.kuˈlaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /lẽ.ti.kuˈlaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /lẽ.ti.kuˈla.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: len‧ti‧cu‧lar

### Adjective

lenticular m or f (plural lenticulares)
* lenticular

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French lenticulaire, from Medieval Latin lenticulāris.

### Adjective

lenticular m or n (feminine singular lenticulară, masculine plural lenticulari, feminine and neuter plural lenticulare)
* lenticular

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin lenticulāris.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lentikuˈlaɾ/ [lẽn̪.t̪i.kuˈlaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: len‧ti‧cu‧lar

### Adjective

lenticular m or f (masculine and feminine plural lenticulares)
* lenticular

### Further reading

* “lenticular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10